Slough Borough Council and Royal Borough leaders clash on Twitter over Heathrow and homelessness

A war of words between Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) cabinet members and the leader of Slough Borough Council (SBC) has broken out on Twitter.

After an SBC cabinet meeting last week, in which councillors expressed dismay over the noise, traffic and pollution that could engulf Colnbrook due to current Heathrow expansion plans, SBC leader Cllr James Swindlehurst (Lab, Cippenham Green) took to Twitter to declare that despite their objections, the council still supports expansion.

RBWM leader Cllr Simon Dudley (Con, Riverside) waded in, referring to how Pippins Primary School could be within a few hundred metres from a new taxiway for planes, before the topic moved on to homelessness.

So the new leaf turned over by Cllr Swindlehurst has blown away and he’s back to his former glory. What an absolute idiot that man is. Do not believe anything that man tells you. Its all lies and falsehoods.

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